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New York Theatre Barn’s Backstage Pass podcast, a collaboration with Broadway Podcast Network, takes audiences backstage and into the blueprint of an original musical in development. Hosts Teresa Attridge and Pauls Macs give listeners unprecedented access to the artists shaping today's musical theatre landscape. Recent guests include Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Michael R. Jackson, Lisa Loomer and Benjamin Velez of Broadway's Real Women Have Curves, Tony Award-winner Greg Kotis (Urinetown), plus Jeff Calhoun, L. Morgan Lee, Jenn Colella, Jonathan Brielle, Nico Juber, Justin Huertas, S.C. Lucier, Meghan Rose, Rob Berliner, Harrison Bryan, Aaron Kenny, Stephanie L. Carlin, Martin Storrow, Amy Engelhardt, Molly Horan, Eddie Noel Rodríguez, and more.
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REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL features a Tony-nominated score by Grammy® Award–winning songwriter Joy Huerta (Jesse & Joy) and Benjamin Velez (Kiss My Aztec), a book by Lisa Loomer (Girl, Interrupted) with Nell Benjamin (Mean Girls), music supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo (Waitress), and choreography and direction by Tony® winner Sergio Trujillo (Ain’t Too Proud). Based on the play by Josefina López that inspired the iconic hit HBO film, critics have lauded CURVES as “entertaining and empowering” (NY Daily News), and “a laugh-out-loud musical comedy with a massive dose of heart.” (The Washington Post).
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This episode features the songs “Make It Work” performed by Florencia Cuenca, Jennifer Sanchez, Carla Jimenez, Aline Mayagoitia, Sandra Valls and Shelby Acosta, “Jugglin” performed by the Original Broadway Cast of Real Women Have Curves, as well as “Flying Away” performed by Tatiana Cordoba. 

Teeth is a musical that follows Dawn O'Keefe, a charismatic leader of a Christian youth group called the Promise Keeper Girls, who grapples with her own sexual desires while suppressing them due to her strict religious upbringing; when violated, she discovers a shocking secret power where her body physically fights back against sexual assault, essentially giving her "teeth" against her attackers; the show explores themes of religious oppression, female sexuality, and bodily autonomy, based on the cult film of the same name, with music by Anna K. Jacobs and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson. ​ This episode features the songs “Precious Gift” performed by Alyse Alan Louis and the Promise Keeper Girls, “Modest is Hottest” performed by Jason Gotay and Alyse Alan Louis, and “Shame in My Body” performed by Alyse Alan LouiS. 

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